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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Allegra Kuney, a Ph.D. candidate from New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Tom Devlin, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The semifinals for the 33rd Tournament of Champions starts today with an absolutely doozy: Scott Riccardi vs. Tom Devlin vs. Allegra Kuney. Just by the numbers, all three of these players are excellent and I am expecting to see a very closely contested match.
I’m not sure if the audience for this tournament was under NDA and someone’s about to get in a lot of trouble for leaking this information, but it’s certainly public now: someone on Reddit this morning decided it was important enough to tell the world that this game had to be restarted due to a major buzzer system malfunction; this audience member also seemed in their tone to be mildly perturbed by the resolution, specifically the fact that they didn’t give the players a break and play a different semifinal first. My thoughts, though, after reading this are much different.
This audience member appears to lack the requisite knowledge in terms of television production. Firstly, this isn’t the first time the ToC has had a buzzer malfunction; stories have circulated over the years about how, in 2015, the Matt Jackson–John Schultz–Jennifer Giles quarterfinal had a buzzer malfunction that nearly necessitated scrapping an Eric Stonestreet category honoring service members on Veterans Day. Secondly, I’m not sure what else you’d expect the show to do here: once an episode starts, even if it needs to be restarted through force majeure, no show is going to actually go through start a completely different episode. They’re going to finish the one they started! Sure, it’s not a perfect situation, but it sounds as if the show made the best decision it could.
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Final Jeopardy! Category: European History
Final Jeopardy! Clue: Writing from prison to her pere in 1793, she quoted the dramatist Corneille, “Crime makes the shame, and not the scaffold”
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Correct response: Who is Charlotte Corday?
More Information About Final Jeopardy!:
According to the Smithsonian Institution, where the American Art Museum has a painting of Corday in prison, Charlotte Corday justified her murder of Jean-Paul Marat with the quote “Crime makes the shame, and not the scaffold” in a 1793 heartfelt letter to her father.
This is the sort of “deeper cut” Final Jeopardy clue that the Tournament of Champions has been known for over the years; the expanded correct response canon in a ToC situation allows this sort of thing to be asked about Corday, whereas in regular play, you’d see a lot of people guessing Marie Antoinette and then being wrong.
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: California Geographic; Living Fossils; It Happened In 2025; You’re My Soda Pop; That’s Entertainment; A Hard Scrabble Upbringing)
Tom had the best opening, but Scott was starting to find his footing just before the break. After 15 clues, the scores were Tom $5,400 Scott $2,600 Allegra $200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Tom 7 correct 0 incorrect
Scott 4 correct 1 incorrect
Allegra 2 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Allegra is still terrified of roller coasters, but sings show tunes to overcome her fear.
Tom regrets mistaking Tilda Swinton as Cate Blanchett.
Scott wants to give a shoutout to South Plainfield, New Jersey.
Scott doubled up through the Daily Double to take a slim lead that he held through the end of the round. On the opening board, Scott was 3/5 in California geography, while Tom was 3/5 in soda pop and 4/5 in Scrabble/upbringing.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Scott 10 correct 1 incorrect
Tom 13 correct 1 incorrect
Allegra 5 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Scott $8,200
Tom $7,400
Allegra $1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Lighting Up The Enlightenment; Pen Names; Organizations; It’s A Fact; Women In Song; Latin Lovers)
The lead changed hands a number of times before Scott found DD2 and blew the game wide open by doubling up. He followed it up by immediately finding DD3, picking up another $6,000 as he cruised to a runaway. Tom went 4/5 in organizations, while Scott went 3/5 in facts & women in song.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Scott 22 correct 1 incorrect
Tom 24 correct 1 incorrect
Allegra 10 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Scott $41,200
Tom $19,000
Allegra $7,600
All three players went for Marie Antoinette; Scott is your first finalist!
Tonight’s results:
Allegra $7,600 – $6,700 = $900 (Who is Marie Antoinette?)
Tom $19,000 – $0 = $19,000 (Who is Marie Antoinette? Thank you, J! team!)
Scott $41,200 – $0 = $41,200 (Who is Marie Antoinette?) (Finalist)
Chances of winning Tournament of Champions:
Scott Riccardi: 48.859%
Laura Faddah: 2.946%
Paolo Pasco: 12.066%
Cameron Berry: 8.576%
Ashley Chan: 4.813%
Steven Olson: 16.170%
TJ Fisher: 6.570%
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) CALIFORNIA GEOGRAPHIC $400 (clue #20)
Scott 3800 +3800 (Tom 6000 Allegra 400)
2) LIGHTING UP THE ENLIGHTENMENT $800 (clue #15)
Scott 15400 +15400 (Tom 14200 Allegra 4400)
3) LATIN LOVERS $1600 (clue #16, $12400 left on board)
Scott 30800 +6000 (Tom 14200 Allegra 4400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 219
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Scott 5 5 3 4 3 5 2*
Tom 4 3 4 3 3 5 5 4 5 2
Allegra 4 3 4
DJ! Round:
Scott 5 4 3 3 5 2* 4*
Tom 4 4 3 3 4
Allegra 3 5 3 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Scott 3.79
Tom 3.73
Allegra 3.71
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.08 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Scott $18,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Tom $19,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Allegra $7,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,400
Lach Trash: $5,600 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,000
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Scott Riccardi, career statistics:
486 correct, 34 incorrect
28/30 on rebound attempts (on 75 rebound opportunities)
42.79% in first on buzzer (439/1026)
26/33 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $83,200)
12/18 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,811
Tom Devlin, career statistics:
161 correct, 16 incorrect
10/10 on rebound attempts (on 23 rebound opportunities)
45.32% in first on buzzer (155/342)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,600)
2/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,867
Allegra Kuney, career statistics:
152 correct, 24 incorrect
5/7 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
38.10% in first on buzzer (152/399)
8/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $19,100)
4/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s runaway game means that wagering suggestions will not be posted.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
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I’m one of those people guessing Marie Antoinette.
Ditto!
Thought of Charlotte Corday immediately, completely forgetting about Marie Antoinette. Don’t know why. Using the French word “pere” in place of father seems like gilding the lily. The reference to Corneille and the year 1793 is hint enough.
Oh wait, the French word pere is there to rule out Marie Antoinette, who was Austrian and would therefore be writing to her Vater. Takes some of us longer unfortunately.
I’ll just have to take your word on that! 🙂 Congrats on the get, as I’ve never heard of the get!
My first thought was intuitively Corday. Then I thought about Marie Antoinette and hesitated. Then I thought that Corday rather than Marie Antoinette would be a fitting response for a ToC. And then I was not sure about the spelling (Corday/Cordé)
Now that is the kind of performance you like to see in the TOC!
Also, LOVE the wager from Scott on the second-row DD. I don’t know if I would’ve had the guts to do it, but absolutely it’s the right call whenever you find a second-row DD to be aggressive.
Tom Devlin is absolutely going to be in the 2027 JIT. Calling it now.
Totally agree that Tom Devlin deserves a slot in the 2027 JIT.
That was hugely impressive. Allegra is a great player as well and she’s run into some other amazing players. And yes, Tom deserves a 2027 JIT invite, should he want to play.
European History is not my strong suit. On the theory that it’s better to make a wrong guess than to not have a response at all, I simply guessed Madame Roland. I knew she had been imprisoned and executed sometime around 1793, but didn’t know more particulars. Anyone else consider her?
Who? lol…..not me….never heard of her! Great try Robert!
Wow, what a game and Scott showed why he was a 16 game champion tonight! All 3 players are great and what a fireworks game, in spite of the Double Runaway!
Retro congrats to Scott on getting a spot in next week’s Finals! 🙂
Being an old art major helped out here…we studied the famous painting “Death of Marat”, and I recalled that Ms. Corday had done the deed.